Crews will begin work April 1, tearing up and replacing 130,000 railroad ties along 124 miles of the Amtrak Downeaster railroad line from the Massachusetts border to Brunswick, Maine, officials said.

Like a wood pile fit for a giant, thousands of wooden railroad ties are resting in stacks each the size of a house. The ties are part of a rail line renewal project by Union Pacific Railroad. Using ...

Union Pacific employees are replacing thousands of concrete railroad ties for miles in both directions near Denison, Iowa. Union Pacific employees at work near Denison, Iowa. Union Pacific employees ...

Work on local railroads began last weekend and is expected to last nearly two weeks. The work is being done on a railroad that runs through Harris County and Montgomery County. Union Pacific began ...

Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line riders can expect delays and midday train cancellations starting Monday as track repairs start. The Union Pacific Railroad is removing and replacing thousands of ...

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A tie plate, also known as base plate or sole plate, is a steel plate that is used between the steel rail and railway sleeper. Tie plates basically have some holes and shoulder(s). But there is no ...